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How to Create an Online Store with Native eCommerce

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Ready to launch your online store with Website Builder? Follow these essential steps to build, customize, and publish your store seamlessly.

Tip

While these steps are listed in order, you can complete them in any sequence. Don’t worry—you can always revisit and update your settings or add more products later.

1: Add Products and Product Options

Begin by uploading your products. If your items come in variations like sizes, colors, or materials, set up product options to give your customers a personalized shopping experience.

Product Types:

  • Sell physical products, digital downloads (e.g., PDFs, music, or images), services, or accept donations.

  • Offer products as one-time purchases or subscriptions.

Learn more about adding products and options.

2: Organize Products into Categories

Group your products into categories for better navigation. You need to complete the following:

  1. Create categories

  2. Assign products to categories

  3. Display categories on your site using the editor. If needed, link categories manually to provide a tailored browsing experience.

Learn more about categories.

3: Add Store Business Information

Enter essential business details, such as:

  • Your business name, address, and contact details.

  • Regional settings (e.g., currency and language).

  • Store email settings to receive order notifications.

Learn more about setting up business information.

4: Set Up Payment Providers

Enable customers to make payments by connecting a payment provider.

  • Integrate options like Stripe, PayPal, or offline payments.

  • Choose payment providers that fit your location and business needs.

Learn about payment setup.

5: Configure Shipping & Pickup

Define how customers will receive their orders.

  • Use Easyship to offer live shipping rates and discounted labels.

  • Set up shipping zones and rules (e.g., flat rates, free shipping, or weight-based shipping).

  • Offer in-store pickup for local customers if needed.

Learn more about shipping and pickup.

6: Set up Taxes

Ensure compliance with local tax regulations by setting up tax rates.

  • Automate taxes with Avalara (available for US & Canada).

  • Add tax zones if you want to manually configure taxes.

  • For products with reduced or special tax rates, create tax groups to override the regional tax rates within the designated tax zone.

Learn how to set up taxes.

7: Customize the Checkout Experience

Create a smooth checkout process tailored to your business.

  • Add custom fields to gather additional information from customers

  • Add policy checkbox to streamline customer agreement to terms.

Learn how to customize the checkout experience.

8: Design your Store

Customize your store’s design to match your brand.

  • Use the editor to customize layouts, fonts, and colors.

  • Enhance product pages with high-quality visuals.

Learn more about store pages and widgets.

9: Upgrade and Publish

Finalize your store and make it live.

  • Select an eCommerce plan.

  • Purchase a new domain or connect an existing one.

  • Publish your store to start accepting orders.

Learn how to upgrade and publish.

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